Construction of our opening sequence

This tripod was a crucial part of filming day as it helped to stabilise the camera so that our footage did not look hand held which would make our filming look a bit amateur rather than professional, which was the effect that we wanted. I also learnt that we could use the tripod and adjust the legs so that we could get different heights as well as different angles.

We also used this Sony camera which was a HD camera in order to film our scenes and make them look clear and visible so that the it looked professional. We also learnt that we could use the touch focus to hone in on specific parts while filming which came handy on filming day

We didn’t use the Iphonethat much throughout the day although we did use when we needed to take pictures for our journals to put on our progress update so we knew what we were doing at specific time of the day

Using final cut

This editing area was one of the most important features of final cut pro. It was needed so that we could edit our footage and help us keep continuity as we could alter different aspects of a clip in this are of the screen

The effects and told bar was also important because this is where we were able to add transitions onto our footage and add effects and filters . From here we could also add sound effects on clips to enhance certain areas

The play back screen is where we could see the footage once we edited on a bigger screen, this helped us to focus more on specific scenes to see if the continuity was okay as it was much bigger for us to see on this larger screen.

This is the area that we could see all our clips once we had downloaded from the camera to the Mac. We had a lot of footage at the start so a feature which came into play was the option of favouritingour footage. This allowed us to stay focused on the editing process rather than continuously going back to the footage and looking for the clips we thought were the best from the start of the editing process

Prezi and Slide share are two of the most effective ways, I find, to present some of my work throughout the process of this coursework. Preziallowed me to engage more in the work as it is more interactive and alternative. It gives the reader a more viewing pleasure when focusing more on my work as there may be a lot of content throughout the Prezi though it is broken up and is not all congested as it could be it I presented my work in the conventional way of posting my work straight onto a journal.

In some ways this is the same for Slide share though it may be similar to a power point presentation it gives me more variety of ways in which I am able to present my work, making my journal look different throughout rather than looking bland and boring.

Website I used throughout my work

Website I used throughout my work Though I use you tube in every day life, it became and important aspect of my research and planning. For example, when looking for different company Idents that are used in major films and made by other people you tube became the place to go to be able to find most of these resources. Also from you tube I was able to learn how to annotate my film in order to complete one of the tasks for the evaluation. You tube overall was essential component throughout the filming, editing and research part of the coursework

Mahara was the most important part of this project. This is because all my work was saved on Mahara and I was always able to go in and out of Mahara to edit work and to look at different things I had to do for up coming tasks in the future. Mahara was very new to me and I learnt many things about it. For example I learnt that I could not post journals yet if I didn’t want them to been seen as I hadn’t quite finished them yet. I also learn that I could embed videos and link my work on other sites to Mahara if they needed to be accessed if Mahara was not working properly.

Team work In my group we all worked really well with one another and this

was key for us to create a opening sequence that we were all proud of. All tasks were delegated fairly and we all took our roles and did the best we could in them. Working as a team also helped us to support one another in this project, so if one of us were finding something difficult someone could step in and help them. This was so they would not fall behind and everything could flow smoothly throughout the time that we worked with one another to produce this opening sequence. We were also dependant on each other but because we worked so well with one another their was no problems in the construction of our film therefore we created a film opening that we all could be proud of and had contributed to in some form or another.